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CP - 1st Street Overpass (N)

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Photos 

Full Span from Above

1st Street runs from left to right (S-N) and Oregon Street runs from top to bottom (W-E). The 1st Street bridge is visible in the upper left of the photo.

Photo taken by Mark Boettcher in August 2021

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BH Photo #510560

Map 

Street View 

Video 

Milwaukee, WI - CP 1st Street Viaduct

Mark Boettcher

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Facts 

Overview
Steel stringer bridge over 1st Street on Canadian Pacific Railway
Location
Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1916
Builder
- Milwaukee Bridge Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Railroads
- Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW)
Design
Steel stringer
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 44.0 ft.
Total length: 300.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.02811, -87.91102   (decimal degrees)
43°01'41" N, 87°54'40" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/425777/4764338 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Milwaukee
Inventory number
BH 61267 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (16,872)
Built 1916 (727)
Built during 1910s (9,968)
Canadian Pacific Railway (581)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (1,108)
Curved (490)
Have street view (28,882)
Milwaukee Bridge Co. (16)
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (157)
 Milwaukee, Wisconsin (105)
Open (40,960)
Owned by railroad (13,492)
Railroad (16,452)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,216)
Steel stringer (6,708)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,505)
Wisconsin, Wisconsin (53)

Update Log 

  • January 9, 2022: New photo from Mark Boettcher
  • November 11, 2021: New video from Mark Boettcher
  • October 26, 2021: New photo from Mark Boettcher
  • June 8, 2014: Added by John Marvig

Sources 

  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Mark Boettcher

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